Southern Rhodesia Philately: H M Barbour

H. M. Barbour was located on First Street, Salisbury. It was founded by Irishman Hugh McLean Barbour in 1917.

“With the influx of white colonists, mercantile organizations are expanding and display is keeping pace. A. Watkin Jones, display manager for the H. M. Barbour Department Store, Salisbury, describes the window situation in his adopted country in an Interesting article appearing in “Display,” London window magazine. He points out that while the province was practically devoid of whites thirty years ago, stores are now flourishing and the planters and their families demand the same styles in apparel and house furnishings followed in Great Britain.” – 1930